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x c=a+b+186

Source: Argentina 1999 OMA L3 p1

May 13, 2024
number theoryalgebra

Problem Statement

Three natural numbers greater than or equal to 22 are written, not necessarily different, and from them a sequence is constructed using the following procedure: in each step, if the penultimate number written is aa, the penultimate one is bb and the last one is cc, it is written xx such that xā‹…c=a+b+186.x\cdot c=a+b+186.Determine all the possible values of the three numbers initially written so that when the process continues indefinitely all the written numbers are natural numbers greater than or equal to 22.